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Instead, he was required to stack the maximum sentences for each count they totaled 150 years to calculate a recommended sentence under the federal advisory guidelines. He was not bound by that figure, and he considered going beneath it, he said.
But he decided that 150 years would send a loud, decisive message. He felt that Mr. Madoffs conduct was so egregious, he said, that I should do everything I possibly could to punish him.
Moreover, any sentence of less than 150 years could be seen as showing him mercy.
Frankly, that was not the message I wanted to be sent, the judge said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/n...entencing.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=nyregion
but a man who rapes a child for six years can walk away with a six month sentence. There really is no "justice" in America.
But he decided that 150 years would send a loud, decisive message. He felt that Mr. Madoffs conduct was so egregious, he said, that I should do everything I possibly could to punish him.
Moreover, any sentence of less than 150 years could be seen as showing him mercy.
Frankly, that was not the message I wanted to be sent, the judge said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/n...entencing.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=nyregion
but a man who rapes a child for six years can walk away with a six month sentence. There really is no "justice" in America.